Hay-stacker



(No Model.)

W. J. SMITH. HAY STACKER.

10.492,059." L Patented Feb.21,1393.

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STATES PATENT Frrcn.

WILLIE J. SMITH, ELLIS, MISSOURI.

HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,059, dated February21, 189S. Application tied November 8,1892. sain no. 451,331. (No man.)

will enable others skilled in the artto which ity appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to hay stackers; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side View of the hay-stacker. Fig. 2 isan end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the retaining teethlooking at the opposite side of the machine from the view shown in Fig.1.

A are the side frames of the conveyer, and A is the distance piecesecured horizontally between the two frames.

B B are the rollers of the conveyor, and a are the endless belts orchains which pass around the said rollers and are provided with crossslats c for moving the hay over the surface of the distance piece A. Theroller B has a driving pulley b secured on its projecting end outsidethe frame.

C are the sides of the elevator, the lower ends of which are pivoted tothe sides of the conveyer, and C is the distance piece secured betweenthe two sides C.

D D are the rollers of the elevator, and cl are the endless belts orchains which pass around the said rollers and are provided with crossslats d for engaging with the hay and causing it to move up theelevator. The shaft d of the roller D passes through the trunnions whichpivot the elevator to the conveyer frames, and E is a toothed pinionsecured on the end of the said shaft. A pulley b is also secured on theend of the shaft d, and d2 is'a belt which connects the pulleys b andb', so that the conveyer and elevator are operated simultaneously.

Any equivalent driving devices may be used instead of a belt, such as adrive chain or toothed wheels, for instance.

E is a toothed wheel gearing into the toothed pinion E, and secured uponthe shaft e which is journaled in the frame of the conveyer and in thebracket e secured to the said frame. The end of the shaft e is square sothat it may be connected to a horse-power or other motor.

F are uprights secured to the ends of the conveyer frames on each sideof the elevator, and f are cords or chains which pass through holes inthe tops of these uprights. These cords are wound upon the shaft F',which is journaled in the conveyer side frames under the elevator. Thefree ends of the cords are connected to the elevator sides so that theelevator may be raised or lowered about the shaft d-as a center byturning the shaft F. The ends of the shaft F are square so that handlesmay be slipped on to turn it, andf is a ratchet wheel secured on thesaid shaft. A pawl g is pivoted to the bracket e and engages with theratchet wheel, so that the elevator maybe held in any desired position.

G is an inclined platform leading up to the top of one of the sideframes A.

H is a horizontal bar journaled in the bearings h, secured to the sideframeA at the top of the platform G, and h are teeth projecting from thesaid bar. I is a flexible band secured to the said bar, and i is aspring connecting the said band with the frame below the platform, andoperating to hold the teeth -in a substantially vertical position.

J is a board hinged to the opposite side d frame A, at the top, by thehingesj, and J is a spring secured to the side frame and holding thesaid board in a substantially vertical position. The hay-rake with thehay is pushed up the inclined platform and the hay turns the teeth h andthe board J to the positions indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.The teeth permit the rake to be moved back down the platform and retainthe hay on the conveyer, and the board J re-assumes its verticalposition and insures the hay being evenly distributed over the elevator.The motion of the driving devices carries the hay along the conveyer andup the elevator, and forms it into a stack.

1. In a hay-stacker, the combination, with a conveyer, and an inclinedplatform leading up to it, of a bar journaled at the top of the saidplatform and provided with teeth, and a IOO 3. In zt hay-stacker, thecombination, with l a. oonveyer, of a, bar journeled at the top of l oneof the side frames and provided with teeth and t springopereting to holdthe said teeth in their raised position, and zt board hinged to theopposite side frame and provided with a, spring operating to hold it inits raised position, whereby the hay is retained on the eonveyer anddistributed evenly over its surface, substantially es set forth.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIE J. SMITH. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM BERRY, THOMAS WALDRON.

